ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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In the News
I am pleased to introduce in this issue Den­

ise Troll, head o f research and development, 
library automation at Carnegie Mellon Univer­
sity. Denise provided C&RL News with a re­
port on the new products and services un­
v eiled  at the ALA M idwinter M eeting in 
Philadelphia. Her special focus is automation 
and I hope that you will find her report a use­
ful overview o f today’s trends.

In addition to our regular columns, the rest 
o f this issue is a report on the many ways your 
association is working for you:

Read about the actions taken by the ACRL 
Board of Directors at its 1995 Midwinter Meet­
ing in Philadelphia (page 240).

Two new preconferences will be offered 
prior to the ALA Annual Conference in Chi­
cago. ACRL’s Rare Books & Manuscripts Sec­
tion (RBMS) will look at documenting cultures 
during its 36th preconference. The Law and 
Political Science Section (LPSS) is offering a 
workshop on legal reference (page 271).

Congratulations are due to all of the librar­
ians whose achievements, services, or publi­

cations merited special recognition. A special 
salute to Joseph Boissé, winner of ACRL’s high­
est honor, the ACRL Academic/Research Librar­
ian of the Year Award (page 259).

ACRL’s University Libraries Section provides 
its semiannual report of activities (page 242).

Those candidates who are running for ALA 
council and are members o f ACRL are listed 
on page 269. And ACRL’s nominating commit­
tees want to hear from you (see page 270).

The final version of the revised “Standards 
for College Libraries,” approved by the ACRL 
Board of Directors and the ALA Standards Com­
mittee at the Midwinter Meeting, appears on 
page 245.

Finally, a special goodbye to William A. 
Moffett who so ably provided leadership to 
the profession and to ACRL (see page 232). He 
will be greatly missed.

— Mary Ellen K. Davis
Editor & Publisher

P.S. Our series of articles on Internet re­
sources will resume next month.